Nancy and I, assisted by Kevin Graff did the three mile section of of the
C&O Can midwinter count from milepost 70-73, today. Wee had a total of 36
species and 691 individuals. The details for each section are as follows:

Milepost 70-71, 26 species, 400 individuals:

 Common Merganser  14
 Red-tailed Hawk  2
 Belted Kingfisher  1
 Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
 Downy Woodpecker  1
 Northern Flicker  2
 Pileated Woodpecker  3
 American Crow  2  
 Carolina Chickadee  9
 Tufted Titmouse  6
 White-breasted Nuthatch  9
 Carolina Wren  3  
 Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
 Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
 Eastern Bluebird  14
 Hermit Thrush  1  
 American Robin  168
 European Starling  87
 Cedar Waxwing  24 
 Yellow-rumped Warbler  8
 White-throated Sparrow  2
 Dark-eyed Junco  19
 Northern Cardinal  6
 House Finch  2   
 American Goldfinch  9

Milepost 71-72, 16 species, 112 individuals:
  
 Canada Goose  29  
 Mallard  28   
 Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
 Downy Woodpecker  4
 Hairy Woodpecker  1
 American Crow  8  
 White-breasted Nuthatch  1
 Brown Creeper  4  
 Carolina Wren  6  
 Winter Wren  1   
 Eastern Bluebird  8
 Northern Mockingbird  1
 Yellow-rumped Warbler  8
 Dark-eyed Junco  8
 American Goldfinch  3

Milepost 72-73, 22 species, 179 individuals:
  
 Black Vulture  2  
 Turkey Vulture  1 
 Canada Goose  53  
 Mallard  2   
 Common Merganser  15
 Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
 Downy Woodpecker  3
 Hairy Woodpecker  1
 Northern Flicker  1
 American Crow  6  
 Carolina Chickadee  4
 Tufted Titmouse  3
 White-breasted Nuthatch  2
 Carolina Wren  2  
 Eastern Bluebird  3
 European Starling  31
 White-throated Sparrow  3
 Dark-eyed Junco  27
 House Finch  2   
 Evening Grosbeak  8
 House Sparrow  6  

Elliot

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Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
kingfisher500 at adelphia dot net